Why Brooke Nevils, Matt Lauer’s original accuser, says ‘Me Too’ fell short
Brooke Nevils, a former NBC producer, says she felt like there was a “target on her back” when she came forward with her allegations of sexual assault against Matt Lauer in 2017. In her report, she alleged that Lauer, then “Today Show” co-anchor, sexually assaulted her in 2014 at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Lauer has never been charged with criminal wrongdoing and maintains their relationship was a consensual one.
In her new book “Unspeakable Things,” Nevils examines the broader issues of workplace harassment and the challenges of speaking out against a powerful person through interviews with experts and her personal narrative. CNN reached out to Lauer for a response to the book and did not hear back.
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0:00 How long did it take Nevils to understand that she was a victim of assault?
5:54 Nevils on who she wrote the book for
12:35 Nevils: “I thought. . .I can smooth this over.”
16:59 Nevils: “Consent takes place between equals. . .That’s not what’s happening in these situations.”
22:09 Why Nevils ended up in a psych ward
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